With the tiniest of incisions, specially trained St. Vincent's surgeons are using state-of-the-art da Vinci® Surgical System robots to perform complicated procedures with a degree of precision, control, and dexterity traditional surgeries simply can't match. Scarring is drastically reduced. Recovery time is measured in days instead of weeks. And pain and the potential for complications are minimized.
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Our Robotic Surgery and Minimally Invasive Programs at a Glance:
St. Vincent's Birmingham was one of
the first community hospitals to have the da Vinci® Surgical System
robot .
Types of robotic procedures
performed at St. Vincent’s Birmingham include: cardiac, gynecologic and urologic
procedures.
St. Vincent’s Birmingham is one of
the top five hospitals in the world for the number of overall robotic
prostatectomies performed.
More than 895,000 patients worldwide
have had a da Vinci® procedure.
